designation identification | the act of designating or identifying something |
appointment assignment designation naming | the act of putting a person into a non-elective position, the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee |
axis axis of rotation | the center around which something rotates |
Herschelian telescope off-axis reflector | a reflecting telescope with the mirror slightly tilted to throw the image to the side where it can be viewed |
axis axis vertebra | the nd cervical vertebra, serves as a pivot for turning the head |
axis | a straight line through a body or figure that satisfies certain conditions |
coordinate axis | one of the fixed reference lines of a coordinate system |
x-axis | the horizontal axis in a plane coordinate system |
y-axis | the vertical axis in a plane coordinate system |
z-axis | the third axis in a -dimensional coordinate system |
major axis | the longest axis of an ellipse or ellipsoid, passes through the two foci |
semimajor axis | one-half the major axis of an ellipse, the distance from the center of an ellipse to one end |
minor axis | the shorter or shortest axis of an ellipse or ellipsoid |
semiminor axis | one-half the minor axis of an ellipse |
principal axis optic axis | a line that passes through the center of curvature of a lens so that light is neither reflected nor refracted, in a normal eye the optic axis is the direction in which objects are seen most distinctly |
optic axis | in a doubly refracting crystal, the line in the direction of which no double refraction occurs, a crystal may have either one or two optic axes |
appellation denomination designation appellative | identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others |
label recording label | trade name of a company that produces musical recordings, the artists and repertoire department of a recording label is responsible for finding new talent |
label | a brief description given for purposes of identification, the label Modern is applied to many different kinds of architecture |
label | an identifying or descriptive marker that is attached to an object |
gummed label sticker paster | an adhesive label |
bloc axis | a group of countries in special alliance |
Axis | in World War II the alliance of Germany and Italy in which later included Japan and other nations, the Axis opposed the Allies in World War II |
axis | the main stem or central part about which plant organs or plant parts such as branches are arranged |
label | a radioactive isotope that is used in a compound in order to trace the mechanism of a chemical reaction |
label | distinguish (an element or atom) by using a radioactive isotope or an isotope of unusual mass for tracing through chemical reactions |
label | distinguish (as a compound or molecule) by introducing a labeled atom |
pronounce label judge | pronounce judgment on, They labeled him unfit to work here |
label | assign a label to, designate with a label, These students were labelled `learning disabled' |
tag label mark | attach a tag or label to, label these bottles |